2. The Bat Family Plays A Huge Role
It always seemed like Burton and Nolans films were about a guy named Bruce Wayne who dressed up as Batman instead of what the reality of the comics and the wonderful Batman: the Animated Series taught us - that Batman pretends to be Bruce Wayne. I dont know about anyone else but in The Dark Knight Rises I felt that the amount of screen time Bruce spent as Batman left a lot to be desired, and I feel that the next Batman film needs to be precisely that. We've seen Bruce Wayne rises (and falls in love), riding off into the sunset on a tidal wave created by the nuclear blast that somehow didn't total Gotham. The great thing about Hush is that its a Batman story, not a Bruce Wayne story - he only appears as Bruce Wayne a few times, and a lot of those times are in the Batcave. In a lot of ways the book is all about Batmans history. Batmans narration not only gives us insight into his villains, but he also tells us about his relationships with Nightwing, Alfred, Robin, Jim Gordon, Barbara Gordon, and Superman. Hush is effectively a greatest hits of Batman lore. Throughout the graphic novel Batman goes over his history with just about everyone involved in the story which provides a great way of having characters show up without having to go through a huge origin story with everyone. Also, did I mention that at one point Batman goes to Metropolis and fights Superman? Which leads me to my last point